Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 16, Number 177, Decatur, Adams County, 29 July 1918 — Page 2

DAILY DEMOCRAT '!' * * h—— * 'ssrr •- RnMMiml «»»ry Nvmlm M**pt ■aa«ay »y Ike Decatur Democrat Company JOHN H. HgLLER Pr**lU*nt ARTHUR R. HOLTHOUaE. Bagretary •uMcrlption Rates Per Week. by earrtar.Cast* Par Taar. by carrier... WN Par Montb. by nail. M cenu Par Tear, by mall »JOO Bingle Copies 1 cants Advert-ss* rates made known on applies tioa. Entered st the poetoSca la Decatur. Indians, m socond<laM matter. The Jndianapoiki News says the German pronunciation of ChatteauThierry at this time is “Shattered theory." and it does seem more appropriate. The rain in Adams county Sunday afternoon was a welcome one and tiee county agent asserts, made the corn crop It also helped the gardens, berry crop and improved plowing condi-1 uons to say nothing of the relief it brought to sufiermg humanity. It was a great rain. Lightlees nights. Monday and Tuesday of each week until further notice It begins tonight and the rules should be carefully carried out. It is a part of the efforts of the fuel administration. pr-pare’ory to your cojnfort next winter. Every pound of coal saved now. means that min h more for use whep you really need ft. The district meetings of the democrats new being held in Indiana a r e enthusiastic organization events, producing much in the way of results that will be best evidenced when the votes are counted next November. Fred VanNuys. the state chairman is a live hus'ler. who is making a record that will prove his ability as a leader Save sugar, save lights, save fuel, save ail you can ail the time, for the winter will soon be het® --o-rr-inc year means -o much tu this nation and the world. Be a patriot whether at home or in the held The two force® working together will bring a glorious victory one of these days. Do your part, all of it. all the time. And less than two years ago Sen-’-or Watson of Indiana said that if we did declare war‘against Germany, a l we could do would be to go down .0 the seashore and make faces at the kaiser. Now we have an army of nearly a million and a half of the best soldiers on earth making the kaisers’ defenders make tracks for Berlin. Just another instance of Jim guessing wrong Those “broom stick soldiers" cf ours are making those of the mailed fist brigade climb along rather lively and it would be interesting indeed to know just what the kaiser would do if he bad to deal again with the country he called "too cowardly to fight." Germany has met her master, perhaps the only nation in the world whi h could have made her back up and

SPECIAL For This Week Sport Shirts that were $1.25, now 79c Sailor Straws that were 1 $2.00 to $3.00 98c Panama and Leghorn Hats, one-fourth off. Children's Wash Suits one-fourth off. sar—am' TH£ MrERSOAILEY COMPANY 1

this is indicated again in the UH of Fere-en-Tardeuois. base of supplies for the Marne district. C E Bell, fuel administrator fur Adams county is asking that ever* person observe the hghUess nights. Monday and Tuesday of each week. Street lights and public arcs will be off except in such places as is required for public safety. All windowlighting advertising signs. etc., should be confined to the least amount necessary and wherever you <an save you should do so. The effort all over the country will result in a wonderful saving of fuel and means a fuller national bin with which to meet the severe weather, sure to come Start tnnigh I remember <hat the rule applies to each Monday and Tuesday until funner Ar(range your out-door -cxials and other * events for other nights and help th. fuel administrator make a record worth while in this city and count? •* oiLvXsmsi kit—l.-*•- xrfi | SOCIETY | Club Calendar Monday. • Delta Theta Tau —Leona Bosse. Tuesday. Tri Kappas—Miss Vivian Burk Knitting Cluo —Mary and Huldah ‘ Haugk t Wednesday. I St. Vincent de Paul—Mrs. C. V. , Connell. Thursday. Mt. Pleasant Mite Society—Mrs. Harve Butler. ’"ME Missionary Open Meeting—e Robert Case Home. e Hope for the best get ready t for the worst, and then take what s God sends ’’ i Miss Jcseth-.ne Reusser returned 4 this afternoon to Berne She was a , guest of her uncle and aunt. Mr. and Mrs N A. Bixler The Mite society of the Mt. Pleas- . ant churh will meet all day with Mrs Harve Butler. Thursday. e r . M and Mrs Ernrer Ari.her'gave”3 family dinner party yesterday in t honor of their two sons. Lloyd, a soldier at Camp Sherman. Chillicothe. 0.. who returned there this afternoon after a four days’ furlough and far e Dwigh-. who left this afternoon for e military camp aj Syracuse N. Y. Those who spent the day at the Archer home and enjoyed the delicious dinner at noon were Harvey Smith and family; Ray Smith and family: e Dayton Winans and family; Misses 1 Mabel May and Marie Randell: Isaac Archer and family of Fort Wayne; p Mrs. Will Rupert of Monroe f Mr and Mrs. N. Y. Frye and Mrs. e Edith Bremerkamp were at Celina p 0.. yesterday where they attended ? family picnic given in the park. Tne r guest of honor was Mr. Frye’s brothJ er Henry, who leaves soon to enter military service. Mr. and Mrs R. J. Blossom and son * and Miss Margaret Flick erf For i Wayne, were guests of Mr Blossom’.r mother. Mrs. Helen Blossom Sunday. 5 The St. Vincent de Paul society will > meet with Mrs C. V. Connell Wedne>- - day afternoon. Miss Ca’herine Weisling came ~ from Findlay. 0.. today to be the 1 guest of Mis.- Letta Fulienkamp. 1 Mr and Mrs V. S. Drummond and 5 daugh-e; Berth., ar ; - : W:. and Miss Poling were guests at dinner Sunday of the Harry Sumas family near Pleasant Mills. o — a acansss&ssss»Sßs»wßags g ; GOUfITI Charles W. Yager is laintiff in a suit on note against Milton Hilpert. > demand. $250. D. B. Erwin is the plaintiff s attorney. A marriage license was issued to Luther M Wolfe, mechanic, born De- ! cember 1. 1891, son of Jacob Wolfe, and Dot Kerr, born February 1. 189$. daughter of Robert B. Kerr, of Mon-l roe. Real estate transfers: Kenneth W. Countryman, et al to Benjamin F. Butler, real estate in Vniou township 825.00 P: C. Moesthbfrrger to Ray-, mood Bluhm, real estate in Monroe. township- $5500: Os* Dell Butler to Earl A. Countryman, lot 434 Decatur. SI3OO. ’ 0 A fine twelve pound boy was beta ‘this sorting to Mr. and Mrs Fred j t-uiienkamp This is their second, I, hiid. the older being a girl. The (mother was Miss Esther Corbett. !

DEQULR DAILY DEMOCRAT MONDAY. JVLY 29, 1918

ALLIES ENVELOPE POCKET IN BIG SWEEP Daily Democrat,—The state department announced today an ag’’**’’’'*' l * had been racned with a g'ouP of Amer ican bankers whereby a loan or loans will be made to China The agreement provides an assurance on the bankers part that they will cooperate with the government and follow the state departments’ polic ea. In return the department agrees to take every poss ble precaution that will insure the execution of contracts made by American citiaens in foreign lands. British Japanese and French bankers. it is heped- will be associated with the American group as negot.a-. tions are now pending to grant these bankers in the loan. BULLETIN London. July 29— (1:40 P- m.)—The 1 French and Americans have advanc-, ea three rhdei cn a 20-mile front since Sunday noon, it was learned from ar. I authoritative source this afternoon. ! The allies now hold all the Rheims- ! Domians highway and the whole north I bank of the Ourcq. The German retreat continues from the lower end of the pocket but the enemy is res stmg desperately in tne Ardre valley, southwest of Rneims and at Buzancy south of So sscns The Amer cans are engaged n hea.y fighting in the latte' region. 1 Zurich July 29— Special to Daily Democrat'—The Plauen burgomaster has announced that 292 persons were killed and forty-eight injured in the recent explosion, which destroyed a munitions factory h-re. Dispatch'-’-to this effect were received today from Piauen. Amsterdam. July 29 —(Spec .al to Daily Demo; rati—Japanese volunteers have reinforced the Cceches in eastern Siberia, the wjlshenki government learned, according to a M vsI cow dispatch received today. An Atlantic Port. July 29—iSpe ial I to Daily Demorat •—At least seven submarines were in the flotilla wh.. h attacked and destroyed the huge White Star liner Ju*- ia. accordne to passengers of a British liner ia port here jtoday._ Thconvey of which th- Justicia was . part and her office'- -- d she was original target for the torpedo which first hit the Justic ia BULLETIN Washington. July 29 —(Special ■' Daily Democrat I —Capture of Seringe.- Et-Nesles. Sergy and Roncher- - ’ by Ameriian forces was reported tel ■ day by Genera! Pershing. 1 Amsterdam. July 29— Special to s Daily Demo-rat) —Ofii ia! slatemen’s . reached here from Berlin declaring the health of Field Marshal von Hind en jrg is excellent Berne. July 29 —'Special to Daily Democrat» —Bread strikes are in pro- , gress in some parts 'rf Austria and > Germany, according to newspapers . received here . Paris July 29— iSiesial to Daily Democrat I—ltalian1 —Italian soldiers who have been taking part in th fighting along • the Marne have requested that they . be allowed to stick to the task until the battle has been definitely decided I (By Lowell Me’lett. Tnited Press Staff Corespondent 1 With the French Armies in the Field. July 29—(12:45 a m l—French and American troops hare driven the Germans entirely out of the important concentration center of Ferei en-Tardenoi.- and hare pushed a short distance to the northeast, crossing the . Ourcq The Franco-Americana have also taken Romherese (five and a half miles southea-: of Fere-en-Tardenois | and Villers-Agron (nine miles east | and south of Fere-en-Tardenois). I Hard fighting by the infantry, cav- | airy and tanks, following up the ter- | rifle artillery bombardment, has given ( the allies complete possession of the 1 lower half of the wide,, deep salient between Soissons and Rheims Fere-en-Tardenois was captured only after a desperate struggle last- , ing many hours. The French and . the Americans co-operating with them found many machine guns cleverly concealed in houses and cel . j iars These nests were wiped out tn j bitter hand-to-hand struggles in I which no bnarter was asked nor giv*en. ] The German had destroyed all bridges across the Ourcq but the . potlus and doughboys forded the ‘shallow stream at several points in the face of a storm of bullets. The allies also advanced their - lines to the left and right of Fere-en-1 Tardenois. taking the villages of Ranchers, and Villers-Agron. The French »gd 4§sric*as 4 re .proceeding cautiously, and are determined to waste no men in the machine gun UUed Bois de St. Lfucere 1

(northeast of Fereen Tardenois). But cavalry felt out the German posi- •: tions there late yesterday Uxhes are expected to put up a strong resistance to that wood as they are doing in Villein Tardenois. But the Franco-American* may adopt the plan so successfully employed in the past of encircling the wood and cleaning out the nest* afterward The advancing allies are finding their path strewn with remarkable numbers of enemy dead The biggest American advance •ince the start of the Franco-Ameri can push eras carried out aero»s the Ourcq. near Sergy (three miles east and »<>uth of Fere-eb-Tardeuois) this morning Squeezing of the pocket on the right and left sides, while trust ing northward in the middle sent th* further in retreat The Americans steadily advanced a! day yesterday through a heavy ( rain They fought out machine gun rain. They fought through tangled I narrow paths in woods and across 'fields, routing out machine gun nests *and pushing on as resistance was de . molished One regiment marched and fough’ .sixteen and three-fourths miles ir ! twenty-four hour*, in order to keey lup with the faster moving units ir .other parts of the line, where the re ‘ sistance was lighter. At nine o’clock this morn:ng Amer 1 >icai> machine guns were stationed or Hill 141. outside Fere-en-Tardenois ! ' sweeping the avenues of retreat frotr 1 the city Our artillery was brough’ •up to heights outside Sergy. Such '.towns as Ronchedes Fresnes (four • miles south and east of Fere-en Tar u'-noisi and Courment (a mffe north > I east of Fresnes I w«-re completely enveloped and passed. Village afteri village fell to the Americans. Two main points of resistance were ' encountered —’he first at Croix Rouge J fam: the second at the Ourcq. Both were thick with machine gun de Ifenses The gunners maintained their ,! (ire as long as possible, then with .{drew set up their guns again and re sumeck firing until they were wiped . lout. The Americans swung forward twe or three kilometes (a mile and s quater. to a mile and three-quarters; after disposing of one line jof ma ‘chine gun defense before encounter t ing the next. Then the fight woulc ' be repeated. The Americans captured thousands of rounds of machine gun ammuni ’-tii ,n -tad- -m-fr&v- - very rargi= duTEp- bT ia.-ge and small calibre shells along the north and south road in Fere for ■ est Numerous ma chine guns als<were taken but they have not yet beer, counted Wounded men returning from the fight are in the highest spirits. Most of their wounds are machine gun bul ileis piercing the arm or leg AIF of | them expressed regret at leaving the | fight They said that wherever the I enemy lines broke the boches turned I and ran in an effort to escape. Prisoners include members of the Pruss.an guard, who were shot out ’ tre-- whers were operating machine guns. (By Fred S Ferguson. I'uited Press staff correspondent.). With the American Armies in France July 29—(8:49 a tn )—The Americans are continuing to advan< e northward and northeastward from Fere-en-Tardenois end are improving the positions they took yesterday. Fighting continues on the north bank of Ourcq at some points where the German defenses were not com i pletely wiped out. THREE MEN LEFT TODAY. Walter B Ryf of Berne left this morning over the Chicago & Erie railroad for Chicago and then to 5 ancouver Baracks. Washington, where he will enter the spruce division of the army as a circular asw filer Mr. Hyf enlisted for this service and comprises this county quota of the call. Dwight Archer and Luther Wolfe of this city left this morning via the Toledo. St. Louis & Western railroad for Syracuse. N. Y.. where they will report to the commander of the army and then be assigned to guard duty, they making up ;the county quota of the call for limited service men. — o— MRS. J. F. MOSER DEAD. Mrs. Jacob F. Moser 30. one of tje best known women of Berne, died at 1 3:30 Saturday m®rning. very -udden- ‘ ly. from an attack of heart trouble. (She was a very Urge lady but had apparently been in excellent heaitfr until a few months before her death. Her husband, a baby daughter, one (week old and two sons survive her. The funeral will be held tomorrow afternoon at two o’clock from the Meqnonite church at Berne, of wbkh »be was a devoted member. MEET AT Be‘n“ The Mt. Pleasant Community Red Cross society will meet Wednesday ■a’ the home of Ben Butler where a picnic dinner will be served on the , lawn and the day devoted to Red Cross sewing An invitation is extended to the public to attend. j

STRONG COUNCIL (Continued from !'*<• Ou* I And help to lick the kaiser So if you mean to help the boys. Make the kaiser hare some sense. You’ll be at the next meti*g Os the Council of Defense —Coatri bated. MRS. 1 HEIN DEAD (Continued iron P*«« On, l Autopsy '* Held At the request of the prosecuting i attorney, and through the order of Coroner D. D Clark, an au.opsy was held this morning at ten o'clock > t the home on Mrs. Hein The result of the inquest was a finding that Mrs. Hein came to her death from puerperal septic poisoning with abortion as the contributing cause. Those present at the inquest were Dr* J. M. Miller. W. E Smith. H E. Costello. • A D. Clark and J. C Grandstaff Cortege Leaves Today The funeral party left this afternoon at 3:22 over 'he G R & I with the body of Mrs Hein, for Turtle Lake. Wis where the funeral service will be held Wednesday morning INSTANT DEATH (Continued from Page One) Coroner D. D. Clark held the inquest this morning. Death was instant and due to the shock. The tody did not show evidences of burning but was very blue The funeral of Mr. Landfair will be Tuesday afternoon at two o’clock rem the Methodist Protestant church at Chattanooga. O. with bnrial m the Kessler cemetery near that town o STRIKERS GO BACK TO JOBS (United Pres* Service) London. July 29 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —Striking munition workers in Coventry, the center of the present disturbance, decided at a mass meeting today to resume work immediately and accept the governnent’s offer of mediation. London. July 29—(Special to Daily Democrat i—The situation in the -of —worirers’' fi-om munnion plants was most favorable today. Workers at Nottingham. Sheffield. Birmingham. Lincoln and various oth ?r centers, decided not to remain on strike for the present, but to wait for developments. There has been no action at Southampton. Wolverhampton and Preston. Plans are proceeding to conscript ’.hose workers who persist in staying away from work today. Newspapers have an optimistic trend with the fiim belief that the danger has passed. ATTENDED FUNERAL ~ Ross Hays and daughter. Mane, reurned Sunday afternoon from Frankfort where they attended the funeral of their niece and cousin. Lucile Hays aged fifteen. Death followed an ill ness of eight weeks of measles, grip and attending heart trouble and other complications. On last Friday, while in Frankfort. Mr. Hays and daughter witnessed a severe storm. Rain riddled the corn leaves and beat the corn to the ground, while large trees were blown down and other heavy damage done. • -Q- ~ EDITOR HOFFER POSTMASTER Willshire. O..—Williatp G. Hoffer, .former editor of the Wapakoneta Daily News, has been appointed postmaster here where Mr Hoffer has published the Herald. Mr. Hoffers many friends in Ohio are glad 'o learn that he has been recognized by the administration, and it is predicted that he will make as good a postmaster as he has an editor —Tne Publisher's Auxiliary. LECTURE IN AFTERNOON , The lecture of Mrs. Jessie Fremont Croan. of Anderson, will be given Thursday afternoon at four o’clock at the K. of P. home, instead of Thursday evening as previously 33. , nounced The club women have changed the date to accomodate the women of the M. E. church whose missionary society had previously ar- ! ranged for an open meeting Thursday evening. TAKEN HOSPITAL Mrs. Ed Kurt was taken, in the Gay. Zwick ic Myers ambulance to the hospital in Huntington. leaving here at 8 o clock this morning, it is probable that an operation will be held. She had been ill two month*, being confined to her bed during that time It is not known whether she i* "suffering from tumor or cancer, rhe acs accuiupaxued by her mother-in-iaw. Mrs G Kurt, and her sister Mrs. Sarah Randall, of Warren. o — Democrat Wants Ads Pay

Emphatically Asserts Worn Out, Lagging Men Can Quickly Become Vigorous and Full of Ambition 7 A DAY FOR 7 DAYS

Don’t blam* th* tn** UiY tired, hi® blood nerds more red JJrpu»c>e» an* bl* brain and n«rv«a are eravin< for food. Giron th« right x nd of an* tired-out InartH*. low c*n quickly be tr.*d* into a reai live, onergetic and ov*n ambitious go bays a atudent of the Tierrout axften: who advlae* all »nd women who feel worn out and who end it hard to get up ambition enough to take a regular job to get a package of 8.0-fcren at any druggist Thi* 1 • th* new dlncovory that pharaaeUt* are recommending because it Is not expens.ve and apeodi.y puts vigor and ambition into poop»o who despaired of ever amounting to anvt’ing in life. . People whose nerve* have been wrecked by too rapid living, too much tctß"co or alcohol, have reaaioad tr.eir

Peterson ic Moran have received a card from their former office neigh ' bor. Dr Sterling Peter Hoffman- now

ITON I G H T THE FLOWER OF FAITH ” A five-reel production pro duced by the International Film Company, stanii; Jane Gray, the prettiest actress on the screen. A story of rural life, showing how our hero makes »o«i after going through a number of A picture filled with thrills and excitement that will you in suspense until the last picture is shown. Dot't miss this one. THE THEATRE IaaaKMnaanaaHiinHKBHHMtaaBHHaBHBaHBKK THE CRYSTAL THEATRE Showing Only High Class Clean Photoplays . TOD A V “I LOVE YOU.” A seven-reel super-production by the I” ancle Film Company, starring the famous little *crett actress. Alma Rubens. The story of a young French artist, w hile tramping over the country, meets a daughter of a rural florist, aw paints his masterpiece. “The Passion Flower." Ha- ? ing made his fortune off of the production, he forgetail about the country girl that he promised to make his wife. See how he almost succeeds, and in the enfl paid for it with his life. H itascsaxita sc xitmsctsrscjK setose as :s: sz axxsj I Increase Your Crops) £ We are now ready to book your orders for J « plowing with the famous [ FORDSON TRACTOR j i FIRST COME FIRST SERVED Prices very reasonable. KALVER NOBLE BARAGE CO. j a FAIR DEAL FOR EVERYONE The Fuel Administration is strongly urging the people to lay in their supply of coal as early as possible and fill up their bins while the filling is good, as they ma.' 1,01 ? be able to buy coal when winter comes. , The coal dealers are also urged to stock up their >ard- . with coal during the summer months. In the winter montns the railroads will be crowded with rushing troops, supply coal and foodstuff to tide-water muntion plants, and , ’ a j’ 2 nes and the government is giving us due warning of facts now. The retail dealers are compelled to pav spot cash f" 1 the coal they buy. also freight, expense of’delivery, labor and every item that goes to tarry on their business in W e find that there are a number of persons whose coa * bilh for 1917 and prior have not vet been paid. Such p< sons can arrange with the dealer to whom their account iane a satisfactory arrangement to obtain their suppl.' " coal for 1918. But this office does hereby order th ai coal dealer shall deliver to anv person his coal until suepersons knowing themselves to be indebted for coal shall first see the parties to whom thev are indebted before ordering their winter supply from some one of the othi dealers. We want every one to have coal but let us be fair with | he dealers who worked unceasingly !?»«?♦ winter to keep 11 I from freezing. . C. E. B E L L, Fuel Administrator for Adams County. “

old-time eonffdene* *Bd than two week* No matter from that mbm , a xervea went back cn y.-. u M i how run down, nervoui r t -hi • ] s* l *= aristae! paciai/S B>o-feren nt once. Take (w a « ; after each meal and one before Li time—eeven a day f.r M veo ' then one after each Beal uii ». ’ JOB*. Then If you •till lack aabl’Jra » your nerves are not steady and haven't the energy that red-bl ... keen-minded m»n p .«*«« y-. 5r . . chase money will be gladly Xste «• niysdetaa,: There i k secret about the formula f Biorferi it U printed on every package it is: Lecithin; Calcium Gh-er,. phosphate; Iron Paptonate; Vuii. nese Peptonate; Ex: Nux Vacha Powdered Gentian: Pbenolph-CTT. t-iearea:n. Capsicum; Kola.

a lieutenant in the Medical i.’o-c I the army, at Fort Oglethorpe, Ga g, 1 .-tates that he is very busy. — ‘ .